republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1348.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Escrow agents: controlled substances."
description: "Existing law, the Escrow Law, prohibits a person who has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to certain crimes within the past 10 years, or who has been held liable in any civil action by final judgment or any administrative judgment by any public agency within the past 7 years, of any of those provisions from serving in any capacity as an officer, director, stockholder, trustee, agent, or employee of an escrow agent, or in any position involving any duties with an escrow agent, in this state. Among the disqualifying offenses referenced above is an offense involving controlled substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1348"
citation: "California SB 1348 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Escrow agents: controlled substances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4237a599-27e4-45a9-9006-8f218fbaa368"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1348"
source_hash: "3ac1e135d1dee40d05cb908977d8f365eca6668356d8999ca91e8b374a2050a5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1348 (20212022) — Escrow agents: controlled substances.

Existing law, the Escrow Law, prohibits a person who has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to certain crimes within the past 10 years, or who has been held liable in any civil action by final judgment or any administrative judgment by any public agency within the past 7 years, of any of those provisions from serving in any capacity as an officer, director, stockholder, trustee, agent, or employee of an escrow agent, or in any position involving any duties with an escrow agent, in this state. Among the disqualifying offenses referenced above is an offense involving controlled substances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1348&version=20210SB134899INT)
2. **04/07/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1348&version=20210SB134898AMD)
3. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1348&version=20210SB134896CHP)
4. **SB1348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1348)
5. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1348&version=20210SB134897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 1348 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Wilson — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2022-03-21** March 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-03-22** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3347.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2022-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 3824.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 6177.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 846, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4237a599-27e4-45a9-9006-8f218fbaa368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).